Machine tool motor mount



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ATT RN EYS 12,711,298. n MACHINE TOOL MOTOR MOUNT Carl N. Woods, Seattle, Wash. l Application April 25, 1952, Serial No. 284,419 1 Claim. (ci. 248-723) This invention relates tovmachine tools aand particularly a plurality of tools, such as in a small` shop, and 1n particular a motor mountingv deviceV whereby one motor Y 2,711,298 Ice n Patente'tlfr'lue Figure 2 is aplan' view showing the :motor carrying section of theimproved motor mounting.

Figure 3'is a plan view showing the base of the motor mounting., i Figure 4 is an end elevational viewlshowing the motor i carrying plate of themounting, as shown in Fig. 2.

' Figure 5 is an end elevational view of the base shown innig. 3;y k j Figurev 6 is a typical crosssection througlithe improvedV motor mounting'showing'the partsassembled and-,showing bolts extended from the parts. for attachingthe base' to ka machine toolxand forattaching .theQmot'orcarrying plate to the motor.

may be moved from'one machine'toanother and readily positioned thereon for operating .the-machine. The purpose of this invention is to provide means `for mounting a motor on a machine tool, bench lathe, or the like wherein instead of being aligned with a line shaft a plurality of machines may be spotted in dilferent posi-y tions and, at the same time, operatedby a common motor. V

A mechanic in a comparatively small shop works on only one machine at a time and at this time motors on other machines in the shop are idle. In numerous instances the cost of the motor is equivalent to that of the machine and, for this reason, it is desirable to use the same motor to operate all machines in a shop. With this thought in mind this invention contemplates a motor mounting which is formed in two sections with one section permanently attached to a motor and with the other section attached to a machine tool, bench, or the like whereby with a plurality of such sections mounted on machine tools, the motor with the section attachedthereto may readily be moved from one machine to another.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to provide means for forming a motor mounting whereby one motor may readily be movedv from one machine to another.

Another object of the invention is to provide amotor mounting to facilitate transferring a motor from one machine to another wherein the mounting aligns the motor with operating parts of the machine so that it is not necessary to align the motor each time it is moved from one machine to another.

A'further object of the invention is to provide a motor mounting in which the position of a motor is reversible whereby with cone pulleys on both ends of the motor U shaft it is only necessary to turn the motor around to reverse the operation of the machine.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved motor mounting which is of a simple and economical construction.`

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention embodies a base plate having rails with grooves in the inner surfaces adapted -to be attached to a machine tool or the like, a motor mounting plate adapted to be slidably held in the base plate and also adapted to be attached to a motor, and a pin adapted to be positioned in spaced openings of the plates for retaining the plates in Yadjusted positions.

Other features and advantages of theinvention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein:

indicated by the numeral 36 and itV will` be understood Figure 7 is a detail' with`the parts r'shown onanfen-` larged fscale illustrating a pin for retainingth'e parts in Y adjusted positions. y. p

Referring now tothe drawings wherein lilcereferen'ce` characters denote corresponding parts theimprovedmo tor mount of'thisinvention kincludes abase plate 10 hav. f ing rails 11 and 12 with recesses 13 and 14, respectively f in the inner surfaces on twoV of Vthe edges thereof, a motor carrying plate V15 anda pin 16.

Y' The base 10 is provided with a plurality of bolt holes 17, the inner ends of which are countersunk as indicatedk by the numeral 18 and in which bo1tsf19 with Vnuts v20 thereon are positioned. The plate 10 is also'V provided with a series of openings 21 that are positioned` to receive the pin 16.- l

, In the design shown the base 10 is formed witha plurality'of laminated plates or sheets which maybe of metal, plastic, or a suitable combination of elements and, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the rails 11 and 12 are se-` cured to the edges of the plates with fasteners 22.

The motor carrying plate 15 is alsoprovided with bolt holes 23 having countersunk inner ends `24 in' which .bolts 25 with nuts 26 thereon are positioned. The plate 15, which is also formed oflaminated metal, plastic, or other suitable material, is also provided with spaced openings 27 that are positioned to register with the openings 21Y of the base 10 whereby the pin 16, which is provided with a head 28 may-be positioned to retain themotor in adjusted positions upon the base. It will be understood that a motor of any suitable type or design may be mounted upon Vthe plate 15 `and inFig.

l a motor 29 having cone pulleys 30 andrl on theends of the shaft thereof is positioned upon th plate 15k and the base 10,`V in which the plateflS 4is mounted is posi.

tioned-whereby a belt 3 2, trained over the pulley'30, is positioned to extend over an oppositely positioned cone pulley 33 onthe spindle-34 of a head stock 35 of a bench lathe or the like.

VIn this design the parts are mounted uponY a bench as that the parts may be `horizontally or vertically positioned as may be desired.

It will rbe understood'that the base 10 and plate 1 5 may beformed of plates or sheets of plastic or other Vmaterial, as Villustrated in Fig. 7, or of laminated sections as Y shown in Figs. 4, 5, and'6. Y l

`With the motor mounted inthis manner a motor of a the Yspindle .of the tool and the `same belt may: be used K for different tools or belts of diierent lengthmay be pro- Figure l is a plan view illustrating a motor'in the imvided It will also berunderstood that the angle of the base 10 Yin relation to abench or tool maybe adjusted to compensate with. the position ofthe spindle or shaft to bedriven by the motor.

It will bev understoodthat Ymodiications, within the,Y Y scope of the appendedkclaim may be made in themotor mounting without departing from the spirit ofthe invenA tion. Y'

Y what issclaimed is:

AIn a r'notor mounting, a base plate, a pair of side rails eir'tendingrom one side of said base plate, securing 'elements extending through said base plate and into engagernent with said, rails, .there beinga. recessrin the.in,

der lsurface of each of said rails, said recesses defining opposed lips, the edges .of said rails beingflush with [the outer edges of saidpba'se plate, a motor carryingr-plate arranged'vcontiguous to the .outer surface o f said vbase plate, said motor carrying plate snugly engaging saidrecesses arid said lips overlying saidmotor carrying plate, there being a pluralityvof spaced apart holes in said`base plate, the inner ends of said holes being countersunk, bolts evitendingthroug'h said lholes and having nuts' arranged'in engagement therewith, said bolts having enlargedi'heads on their inner ends seated in the countersunk portions of s'aidiholes ifi/hereby said 'heads are ilush with a surface of said base plate, therebeing a series of openings insaid'base plate intermediate the edges thereof, there being a series of spaced openings in said vmotor carrying plate registering with theopenings in `said base plate, `a pin extending through .one of said openings and having an enlarged headon an en'd thereof, said base plate including a plurality f superposed sheets, said sheets all 4being *hat on A`'both vsides, "said ysheets having the same size, said motor carrying plate being provided with a plurality fhleshaying countersuk'inner endsfblts extending through said last named holes and having nuts arranged in engagement therewith, enlarged heads on the inner ends of said last named bolts seated in said countersunk holes whereby said heads are flush with a surface of said motor carrying plate, said motor carrying plateV comprising a plurality of`slreets'al1 of the same size, all of said last named'isheetsbeirrg: atzonbothisides,the sheets of said motor carrying plate being smaller than the sheets of said base pla-te.

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